Navo'ėstanevėhahtsetano Havėseveva

Author: James Nicholson

James L Nicholson United Kingdom/USA 1828-1876. Born in Ireland, he emigrated to the United States around age 25. He lived in Philadelphia, PA, worked as a postal clerk, and was a member of the Wharton Street Methodist Episcopal Church there for about 20 years, where he taught Sunday school, led singing in church, and assisted in evangelical work. This was also hymn writer, William J Kirkpatrick’s, church. Around 1871 he moved to Washington, DC, and worked as a postal clerk there. In addition to his hymn writing, he also wrote several books, one on birds and their care, one on forensic medicine. He died in Washington, DC, but was buried in Philadelphia, PA. John Perry… Go to person page >

Cheyenne text: Rodolphe Petter

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Text Information

First Line: Navo'ėstanevėhahtsetanȯ havėseveva
Title: Navo'ėstanevėhahtsetano Havėseveva
English Title: Whiter Than Snow
Author: James Nicholson (1872)
Cheyenne text: Rodolphe Petter (1907)
Language: Cheyenne
Notes: English translation of first line: I want to be saved from sin

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Tsese-Ma'heone-Nemeotȯtse (Cheyenne Spiritual Songs) #75

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